A fourth person who tried to help them was safely brought to dry land, police said, adding that local weather conditions made taking to the track very dangerous.
Several regions in the United Kingdom, especially Scotland and the north of England, have been ravaged by Storm Gerrit since Wednesday. In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, a supercell also passed over the region Manchester, where it was reported that a tornado occurred, although further investigation still needs to provide a definitive answer. About a hundred homes in Stalybridge, Tameside and Carrbrook suffered significant damage.
In Scotland Thousands of families were still without power on Thursday afternoon and train and air traffic was still disrupted. On many roads the situation is not much better and motorists were stuck in their vehicles for hours due to heavy snowfall or fallen trees.
According to the Met Office, the “worst” of storm Gerrit passed on Thursday afternoon. The storm led to power outages in the United Kingdom and a lot of disruption for people who had to move. However, it will remain very windy and stormy on Thursday and Friday, according to the weather forecasts. Another gust of “very strong winds” and a period of “intense rain” are expected on Saturday and the bad weather is likely to continue on New Year’s Eve.
LOOK. Storm Gerrit blows wind turbines to pieces in Scotland
LOOK. A plane bounces onto a runway in London during storm Gerrit